The humble woman who said that her accolades were just “for showing up day after day,” later added to the Washington Post that as “the only instrument that’s got the words… I’ve got to be able to get that across,” and the proof is as simple as in listening to any one of her phenomenal recordings, none more so than in some of her earliest served up in this one-of-a-kind collection from Acrobat Music Inc. releasing on 10/21.
So while in the end she sang that her story was one that was far “too sad to be told,” perhaps her greatest testament not only with regard to her loyalty to family and friends was in inhabiting the characters of so many songs. And in the same token, by inviting us to share in her interpretations as she honored all kinds of individuals whose stories should be told including her own and honored us at the same time — both in celebration of her listeners and in “showing up day after day.”
Track List
1) “This Can’t Be Love”
2) “Don’t Worry ‘Bout Me”
3) “My Old Flame”
4) “But Not For Me”
5) “Our Love Affair”
6) “If This Isn’t Love”
7) “Shine”
8) “Manhattan”
9) “You Make Me Feel So Young”
10) “All The Pretty Little Horses”
11) “As Long As I Live”
12) “I’ll Never Forget You”
13) “I’m Only Ambitious For You”
14) “Love And Nuts And Noodles”
15) “Thrill Me”
16) “Too Much Conversation”
17) “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”
18) “I Get A Kick Out of You”
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